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by defnotai 561 days ago
> His algorithm attempts to resolve that tension, giving high ratings to engineers who write many lines of code only so long as that code is maintainable, solves complex problems, and is easy to implement.

If current tools are incapable of generating code beyond a certain level of complexity with consistent accuracy, then how are they capable of accurately judging human output? This reads like a puff piece citing some person’s unreviewed, “Microsoft management in a black box” algorithm.